So these past weeks have been fraught with stress of all sorts. My prescription: tea and movies! I recently watched a couple that are as absurd a pairing as could be, but I did quite enjoy them both and will thus give you a blurb.
Firstly, I watched "Tangled", a recent Disney flick that appropriates the grim story of Rapunzel. I'm usually not into the animated deal, and although I see the epic Pixar movies eventually, I'm never rushing to see them in theaters. Anyway, "Tangled" made its way to the recently added "instant view" flicks and I was in the mood for Disney. Ideally, I wanted to watch Cinderella, but they don't have any of the good ones on instant play. "Tangled" was super cute, as expected. The best character is Maximus, the horse, so that says something about the overall quality of the movie, but whatever. If you're babysitting, or cold and sad in bed, or just want to pass some time, you'll enjoy yourself.
Ok. Then I watched Tarantino's notorious "Pulp Fiction". Being the self-proclaimed movie enthusiast that I am, I felt pretty embarrassed that, as a 21-year-old in 2011, I had never seen the movie all the way through. Now I am shamed no more, and join the cult! It's a freaking fantastic flick, from the soundtrack to the vignette structure to the postmodern content. The violence is extreme and awesome and punctuated and stylized, and "Pulp Fiction" neither lacks anything nor exceeds in anything. It's just all-around wonderful. Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman were definitely my favorite actors, the discussion of the 'royale with cheese' was my favorite dialogue, and the part where Butch kicks rapist ass is my favorite scene. Don't be an embarrassment like I was; watch it.
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